Paper hat.



E. L. HENDERSON.

PAPER HAT. APPucAnog FILED AUG.8. 1914.

Patented em. 11, 1917;

EDWIN I1- HENDERSON, OF NORWOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE KEMPER-THOMAS COMPANY, OF NORWOOD, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PAPER HAT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 191'?o Application filed August 8, 1914. Serial No. 855,734.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, EpwIN L. HENDER- soN, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Norwood, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Hats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hats intended to be constructed of paper, and more particularly intended for use in factories and the like, and generally for use in hot weather.

The object of my invention is to provide a hat which shall be light, cool and impervious to moisture, so that it will not be affected by showers of rain, and which shall retain its good shape and appearance under all conditions of weather.

. It is also intended, when desired, that advertising matter can be printed on the crown or band.

One difiiculty that has been experienced in the manufacture of hats of paper has been to provide a suitable and proper brim,

and I have discovered that if the hat is.

made up of elastic paper and the brim is pressed between hot dies into curved shape in cross section and then applied to the hat band, the proper shape is maintained, and a serviceable and useful hat obtained, without the use of any wire or means other than the ordinary binding for the edge.

In the drawings,

Figure lis a perspective view of my im proved hat showing the elastic paper used in the construction thereof.

Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view showing the method of forming the brim.

In the construction of my improved hat, a sheet of elastic water proof paper is cut to the proper pattern, a circular piece 1 for the crown, a band of the proper length 2 for the band of the hat and an annular band 3 for the brim. This paper must be elastic paper in which preferably the paper is made up with scorings through the body thereof as shown in Fig. 1. Thus the paper is compressible by flattening out these scorings and elastic by stretching them out.

provided.

band 8, of any suitable material, is then sewed on the inside of the hat, and the hat is then ready for use.

By pressing the brim between hot dies and then binding the outer edges with the tape and securing the inner edges to the hat, the brim maintains its shape. It can be turned down and then up without losing its shape, and acts exactly as the brim of an ordinary soft felt hat.

For the purposes of ventilation, the band 2 can be provided with a series of holes 9, before it is sewed in place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a paper hat of elastic paper adapted when compressed to retain its compressed shape, the combination with the crown and band, of a brim therefor composed of said paper material compressed into a segmental shape in transverse section and secured to the lower edge'of the band, whereby a hat with a permanent curved brim will be pro vided.

2. In a hat of waterproof elastic paper adapted when compressed to retain its compressed shape, the combination with the I a binding tape 6, and the inner edges are sewed at? to the band of the hat. A sweat crown and band, of a brim therefor com- .the said shape, with the inner edges secured to the lower edge of the band, whereby a hat with a permanent curved brim will be EDWIN I1. HENDERSON. Witnesses:

E. F. BEGHT, V R. J. BERNARD.

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